The chart delineates the amount of various meat – fish, lamb, beef, chicken in one nation of Europe consumed for 25 years period from 1979 to 2004.
Generally, what stands out from the graph is that most of the meat consumption was seen to had a downward trend except chicken. It is also noticeable that the figure for fish consumption remained minimally changed.
As can be seen from the chart, beef consumption peaked in 1979, at about 220 grams per person per week. Following that, usage fell steadily to almost 170 grams in 1984, then increased marginally in 1984, before plummeting to just over 100 grams in 2004. Likewise, lamb consumption declined modestly over a 25-year span, dropping from 150 grams to around 70 grams in 2004.
Chicken consumption, by contrast, started at 150 grams in 1979 and gradually climbed until 1999, when it jumped considerably and peaked at 250 grams in 2004. Nonetheless, fish remained unpopular throughout the era, with consumption slipping by 10 grams per person from a little over 60 grams.